Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had an hour-long telephone conversation to discuss the war in Ukraine, while Zelensky proposed a meeting between Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators this month, but Russia judges it is too early for concrete talks.
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The war in Ukraine continues despite international diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict that has been going on for more than two years.
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Trump-Putin call to end war in Ukraine “quickly”
Even though the fighting continues, American mediation continues to intensify to find a solution to the war between kyiv and Moscow. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with “extreme frankness” about the conflict during an hour-long telephone conversation. The Russian president notably “underlined what the Americans could realistically do to quickly end hostilities” and assured that his country had “no aggressive plans” against Europe. The same day, Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators could meet as early as this month to discuss a peaceful outcome. But Russia was more reserved, saying on Monday that it was “too early” to talk concretely about such a meeting.
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Everything you need to know about the foldable iPhone probably announced during the back-to-school keynote
Speculation is rife about the announcements that Apple could make this Wednesday during its traditional back-to-school keynote, at 7 p.m. French time. Everything suggests that John Ternus, the new CEO of the tech giant, will unveil the first foldable smartphone from the Apple brand. Called iPhone Ultra (or iPhone duo), it could, if its release is confirmed, boost the foldable market, which is still embryonic and in which Samsung has a head start.
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PSG returns to the Champions League
After Lille last night (2-3 defeat against Betis Sevilla), it is PSG's turn to enter the Champions League this Wednesday. The defending champion will face the Slovak club Slovan Bratislava at 9 p.m. The opportunity for the capital club to forget its difficult debut in Ligue 1 this season with a victory.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
A meeting between Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators will take place this month to discuss a peaceful solution.
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A BO-105 helicopter crashed in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Tuesday, killing all five people on board, including the pilot and medic Ainul Baraah, 32, according to aviation and disaster management authorities.
A Russian drone attack on a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova left people dead and injured overnight, according to Ukrainian border guards. The post was damaged and its activity suspended. Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Norway for the funeral of King Harald V and talks on air defense. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had an hour-long telephone conversation on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, after the visits of their emissaries to Moscow and kyiv.
Colombian legionnaire José Olger Melo Charry, held hostage by guerrillas in Colombia, overpowered his guard with his hands tied, jumped into a river and walked four days in the Andes before reaching a police station, according to a French military source.
Colombian French Foreign Legion soldier José Olger Melo Charry, held hostage by guerrillas, overpowered one of his captors with his hands tied before jumping into a river and escaping. After four days on the run across the Colombian Andes, he reached a police station. He was kidnapped on August 6 while he was on leave in his country, despite a ban from the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in Jordan on Wednesday, damaging the deployment areas of F-35, F-16 and F-15 aircraft, in retaliation for US strikes against Iranian tankers. They also claimed to have targeted two American ships and eight tankers in the Gulf, after American strikes on five Iranian tankers on Tuesday.

The US military announced it had destroyed five Iranian oil ships in the Gulf in retaliation for ballistic missile attacks by the Revolutionary Guard against a US Navy vessel. Iran responded by striking the US military base at Al-Azraq in Jordan and threatening to target tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain, while diplomatic negotiations remain stalled around the Strait of Hormuz.